Optus has been forced to shell out thousands of dollars after being caught underpaying long service leave entitlements to some employees in Victoria.
The telco was fined $13,000 on Friday after court action triggered by an investigation from the Wage Inspectorate Victoria over a lack of compliance with state laws.
The underpayments, which occurred between March 31, 2020 and January 29, 2021, ranged from $652 to $1,891. In total, nine former staff received back-pay, while about 560 current Optus employees have since been allocated their full long service leave entitlements by Optus, worth $218,000. "Optus's enterprise agreement was in direct conflict with the law, leading to former staff being out of pocket and current staff being unaware of their full leave entitlement and depriving them of the opportunity to travel, spend time with family or recharge their batteries," Robert Hortle, Commissioner of Wage Inspectorate Victoria, said.
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